| Popular Airport | Perth Airport |
|---|---|
| Popular Airlines | |
| Approximate Flight Duration | 15 hour 50 min |
| Approximate Travel Distance | 12711 Km |
A Merino Benitez Airport, 16 kilometers west of Santiago city center, can be quickly reached by taxi or metro. Passengers can also go to the airport with special vehicles that can be rented from car rental companies.
Taxis that can take you from Santiago to Merino Benitez Airport in about 20 minutes, are applying a high tariff on weekends, holidays and night time.
With the metro that you can take from the Los Heroes metro station in Santiago you can reach the Barrancas stop which is just 10 minutes away from the airport. To use the metro you can buy tickets from the counters around the station. From Barrancas stop you have to take an 8 minute taxi ride to the airport.
Avis, Budget, Enterprise and Alamo car hire companies provide you the option to rent a car with or without a driver. You can rent a car from these companies at any time, or arrange a private vehicle to pick you up from wherever you are and take you to the airport.
There is a four-storey terminal building at A Merino Benitez Airport, which covers a large area. The terminal building, which is undergoing renovations, is planned to be opened in 2020 with much wider features. The current terminal building has duty free shops, luggage space and parking space on the ground floor. On the first floor there are rest rooms reserved for VIP companies, on the second floor, shops, restaurants and entrance doors are located. On the third floor of the building, there is also a check-in area reserved for the customers of restaurants and VIP passengers.
You can find bank ATMs, telephone operator shops, pharmacies, travel agency shops, health care room and insurance offices spread over different floors of the building. In the terminal there is a reserved area for those who are VIP passengers. In this section you can access VIP lounges of Latam, Pacific Club, Voyage, Delta Sky Club, American Airlines and Avianca companies.
There are many restaurants, cafes and bars in the airport for travelers to meet their eating and drinking needs. These are La Pausa, Cybo Bistro, Fritz, Gatsby, Ruby Tuesday, Subway, Telepizza, Johnny Rockets, Pronto Copec, McDonald's, Cafe Danes, Bakery & Co, Cafe On Time, Cinnabon, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Tamarugo, Patagonia Cafe, Espression Lavazza , Vinum and Heineken Star Lounge.
Among the places you can shop at the airport are stores ranging from cosmetics to clothing, technology and music to jewelry. Among these are Bath & Body Works, MAC Cosmetics, Punto Musical, Samsung, MacOnline Express, Garmin, Gizmobies, Fotokina, MOW, La Cava del Vino, Kubox, Jugueteria Alemana, BirttShop Chile, Licantai, Toc's, Rumbo Sur, Piedra Linda, Sol y Mar , Piedras Australes, Jewelery Me, Swarovski and Hugo Boss.
It is easy to reach the city center of Perth, the largest city in Western Australia, from the airport thanks to the wide network of newly built roads and highways. You can hit the road in a short time by renting your car from the various car rental companies at the airport, or by taking one of the taxis waiting for you at the arrivals terminal. If you prefer public transport vehicles you can also reach the city center by bus.
Transport to the city center from the airport can be carried out by car rental, which in Perth is one of the most commonly preferred options. The car rental option provides easy access to many of the places worth seeing. Some rental companies at Perth International Airport to meet the passenger's needs include Hertz Redspot, Europcar, Thrifty, Avis and Budget. If you prefer to book your ride while out of town, you can reach Avista at 13 63 33, Hertz at 13 30 39 or Budget at 13 27 27 - while inside Australia, of course.
Taxis are available 24/7 at Perth airport but may be pricey. However, there is at least a fixed fee that is determined when going to the city center from the airport. A one way ride from the airport to Perth city center costs around 43 AUS dollars, if you arrange a roundtrip to and from the airport it is 86 AUS dollars. If you are going in the direction of Fremantle, it is $ 67 one-way and $133 roundtrip. For Scarborough it is $70 and $140 round trip. To reach Jondalup one way it is $97,and Cocburn $67. Obviously this is not the cheapest option for long distances.
At Perth Airport shuttle service is provided to passengers by Connect Shuttle. Shuttle service centers provide direct transportation to the train station in East Perth, Kings Perth Hotel, Wellington Street, Western Australian Museum and other options. Some hotels, such as The Ambassador Hotel also offer their own hotel shuttle services, which take off from the T3 Terminal. You don't need to pre-book to use this option and the price is around $15.
For those who prefer public transport, there are also many buses carrying passengers from the airport to the central bus station in the city center. Bus lines 380 and 40 in particular navigate around the city and can be accessed at an affordable price. Bus line 380 terminates at the Elizabeth Quay Bus Terminal, stopping at Burswood Train Station, the Belmont Forum, and other Perth landmarks, such as the Mall. Bus line 40 carries passengers across Perth by using the Great Eastern Highway.
You're on the way to the city center from the airport with a range of useful hotel shuttle services. Not every hotel offers one, but if your hotel does you are in look as this is an affordable and useful option. Just make sure to call your hotel in advance to see if such a service is provided and at which times it takes off from the airport.
